Mixed Veggie Kootu

My husband escaped to San Diego for a week to attend some users conference, which my mom thinks is some music 'concert'! I am pretty pissed he went without me, to talk about water and GIS, or whatever. Nevertheless, before his flight home, he tells me he wants lunch at home to be a remedy for a week of eating out. "Some Kootu, rasam, rice meals", he said. He'll owe me more if I did this.. hmmmm.

So, this post is about a Kootu (a South Indian Vegetable and Lentil stew) . What is so special about this Kootu I made last Friday?. This is for both veggie lovers and haters to lick clean. People who know me, know how I hate my veggies, and I ate up all the veggies in this Kootu (I swear!) ;). I guess this could work for anyone fussy not getting their fair share of veggies.

The recipe I used is from  one of my mom's friends, and they used to call it "kolamB". Its very simple to make, has veggies, no fats to add!, and yummy! . From what I remember, tt is very comforting to have, especially when recovering from a lot of eating out. This is my go to food when needing to recover from long travel.

I need to get into the habit of clicking pictures before we start eating if I want to blog about it! I screwed up, hence the crappy photo. 

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
1 chopped potato
1/4 - 1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/4 - 1/2 cup chopped beans
1/4 cup peas
(Any other vegetables you like to see with the above, some might like to add soy beans)

Soak and grind : ( For some 10-15 minutes)
2 tsp rice
1 tsp mustard
2-3 dried red chillies
2 -3 tsp grated coconut ( No need to soak it)

1/2 - 3/4 cup  toor dal
1/4 -1/2 tsp turmeric powder
few curry leaves
salt - to taste

• Pressure cook toor dal along with some turmeric powder.
• In a medium pan add the veggies, the ground paste, turmeric powder , cooked toor dal, and salt. 
• Cook on medium flame till it all comes together (~15 mins).
• Once the veggies have cooked fully to a soft texture, turn off the heat. 
• Garnish with curry leaves.
• Seriously! The recipe is over. I told you it would be simple, right? :)